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THE 1878 CONGRESS OF BERLIN SHIFTED CONTROL OF BOSNIA FROM THE OTTOMAN TURKS TO AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. THE GREAT POWERS CONVENED THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN TO BALANCE INFLUENCE IN THE BALKANS.
BY 1908 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY FORMALLY ANNEXED BOSNIA INTO THE AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE.
IN SUMMER 1914, GABRILO PRINCIP, AN ETHNIC BOSNIAN SERB, ASSASSINATED ARCH DUKE FERDINAND, THE HEIR TO THE AUSTRIAN THRONE AND BEGAN EVENTS THAT LED TO WORLD WAR I.
